Max Verstappen was chosen over Carlos Sainz when Red Bull decided, in July, to promote one of their Toro Ross drivers to the senior team to replace under-performing Daniil Kvyat, but former F1 driver turned pundit Pedro de la Rosa believes the Spaniard is as good as the Dutchman.
Speaking to El Confidencial, De la Rosa said,”In Carlos I see maturity and spectacular speed. I think he is a driver who has surprised everyone. Not only is he very fast in races, he is solid in all sessions.”
“People only talk about Verstappen, but Carlos has no need to envy Verstappen. I think he has a huge future.”
“I am also impressed by how he analyzes races and has no problem admitting when he does things right wrong. He reminds me a little by Rafa Nadal, when he plays bad a match he acknowledges it.
“Carlos does not make excuses when he has a bad race. He turns the next page. I think it’s an attitude of a champion, I’m sure that comes a lot from his father,” added De la Rosa.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, Fernando Alonso is a Spaniard who is nearing the end of his career is mulling whether he stays in Formula 1 beyond 2017.”
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